Lost 'Atlantis' continent off Australia may have been home for half a
million humans 70,000 years ago By Emma Bryce, LiveScience, January 16, 2024
[www.livescience.com]
Sonar mapping revealed signs of rivers and freshwater lakes across a
now-sunken landscape almost twice the size of the UK, where humans
could once have thrived.

The "Atlantis" comparison to any prehistoric submerged landscape
is getting painfully cliche for journalists to continue making.

The open access paper is:

Norman, K., Bradshaw, C.J., Saltré, F., Clarkson, C., Cohen, T.J., Hiscock, P.,
Jones, T. and Boesl, F., 2024. Sea level rise drowned a vast habitable area of
north-western Australia driving long-term cultural change. Quaternary Science Reviews, 324, p.108418.
[www.sciencedirect.com]

Yours,

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)